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ailey: R. ictus, ranging from ipd in Miss., pe og p on weakly 
armed pedicels and narrow leaflets o e young s ; R. mirus, from Fla. 
has Ma large flowers on stout- imd End ds oe browd leaflets on the new 
shoo 
g stem 
and Mi ie oval, obovate or lan en glabrous except the veins beneath; 
acute at the base, short ununi the apex, irregularly serrate: leaves of 
the flowering bran hes = 5-fo PEE p more obtuse than those of the 
turions; flowers 3—7 in small 1 corymbs, e pus iae below: 
pedun cles um pr els pend rbristiy and sometim mall prickles, 
both prickles and bristles red; sepals t pea PIOS P "both s As Dig. short- 
acuminate with subulate tips: petals white, oval, . long: fruit 1.5-2 cm. 
long, ellipsoid, very sweet t and juicy, the dru aati putei d —River banks, 
ditches, marshes and lowlands, Coastal Plain, La. to Mo. 
23. NEVIUSIA A. Gray. Shrubs. Leaf-blades simple, toothed. Flowers 
id.  Sepal 
many, borne in open cymes. Calyx corolloid. epals 5, whitish, toothed, 
much larger than the attis a a A 
Petals wanting. Stamens numerous; fila- 
ments white, mos id 2-4, the 
bodies pubescent: style elongate: stigma 
inute, introrse. Achene drupe-like.—One 
ain 
alabamensis A. Gray. Stems and 
vtae 6-15 dm. tall: ied Aures Tiris 
to e or som rhombic 
2-7 e ong, doubly iis: eae elliptic 
to SR 8-12 mm. long, incised-serrate 
above the middle: achenes ovoid, 4—5 mm. 
long.—(SNOW-WREA ime- 
stone cliffs, AL nod "Valley and Plateau, 
—Spr. 
Ala.—Spr 
; RIA DC. Shrubs. Leaf-blades simple, toothed, often somewhat 
incised. Flowers solitary or several together.  Hypanthium hemispheric. 
Calyx herbaceous: sepals 5, broad, not 
toothed. Petals 5, yellow. Stamens nu- 
merous. Pasa els 4—6, the bodies glabrous: 
style stigma inute. Achene 
drupe-like, p p: Or om solitary, very 
turgid.—One species. 
ponica DC. Stem and branches 
e 
cent: Ro elliptie to ovate or obovate, 
becoming 9-11 em. long, erose at the apex: 
petals yellow, ovate to orbicular-ovate or 
suborbicular, 20-28 mm. long: achene 
obliquely ero 4.5-5.5 mm. ae (Gron. -FLOWER. JAPANESE- — —Roa 
ides and f ern 
id fa) 
is the double- fiewered form 
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